Steve
Beam receiving his guest of
honor plaque from Obie O'Brien
at the 41st annual Obie's 4F
Convention on April 30th. Beam
also won the Lou Gallo MVP Award
which is voted on by all the
attendees. (5/7/11: A MagicTimes photo).

Worth Watching: First Trailer for Young
Magicians Doc 'Make Believe' - First
Showing
"Makes you want to follow you dreams."
How often do you hear that kind of
praise for a film? Apple recently
debuted a trailer for a documentary
called Make Believe that follows a few
young (teenage) magicians as they attend
the World Magic Seminar in Las Vegas and
battle for the title of Teen World
Champion... magician....
Publ.Date : 2011-05-02 T00:00:00Z

Ex-council worker George is now a
magician - Shields Gazette
MAGICIAN George Dunn spent 20 years as a
pitman – now he’s carving out a new
career for himself. The 64-year-old has
hundreds of tricks up his sleeve after
years of performing for adults. His
reputation is now growing throughout the
region and he has regular bookings for
weddings, anniversaries, engagements and
corporate events....
Publ.Date : 2011-05-03 T00:00:00Z

The Illusion of Simplicity - Cornell
University The Cornell Daily Sun
The Illusionist is not about a young
person, dreaming of the high life, fame
and fortune and his or her subsequent
realization that all of those things
never truly mattered in the first place.
It is about an outdated old man so down
on his performing luck that he cannot
even get more than a grandmother, her
grandchild and a drunken Scotsman to
watch his show....
Publ.Date : 2011-05-03 T00:00:00Z

Magician, author to tell Houdini’s story
Saturday - Galesburg Register-Mail
Author and magician William Pack
presents “Houdini: His Life and His
Legend,” a program combining
storytelling and historical magic
re-creations to go beyond the myth and
bring to life the story of this American
icon. See the actual magic tricks
Houdini performed. Relive his daring
escapes. Hear the only known recording
of his voice....
Publ.Date : 2011-05-06T13:32:09Z

Role reversal: Indian magicians aping
Americans - Deccan Herald
Famous American magician Franz Harary,
who once made Taj Mahal disappear and
had taken part in Michael Jackson’s
Victory Tour, is nowadays busy
entertaining the fashionable Delhi
suburb of Gurgaon where inhabit the most
powerful among the corporates and
political elites of the national
Capital....
Publ.Date : 2011-05-06T19:08:36Z

Lively lineup at Palace Theatre's Battle
of Magicians - Canton Repository
Always a family-friendly good time, the
Battle of Magicians variety show at the
Palace Theatre celebrates its 20th
anniversary this weekend. Annually,
producer Tim Deremer brings a diverse
group of national magic headliners to
the Palace stage. Their acts range from
traditional magic to inventive
illusions, with lots of comedy thrown
in.
Publ.Date : Fri, 06 May 2011 14:08:40
GMT+00:00

Magician conjures up therapeutic tricks
for disabled kids - PennLive.com
Kevin Spencer, who performs with
his wife, Cindy, as Spencer’s Theatre of
Illusion, was in town to perform at the
Largo Cultural Center. He stopped by the
Children’s Center, a long-term
skilled-nursing home for youth and young
adults who are profoundly disabled, to
present “Healing of Magic.” This is
designed to incorporate magic tricks
into programs for physical and
occupational therapy....
Publ.Date : 2011-05-06T17:14:04Z

Interview: Paul Daniels, magician -
Edinburgh News
"Going to see the show that Lafayette
presented would be the equivalent of
going to see Lloyd Webber's Phantom Of
The Opera," explains Paul Daniels, who
this weekend headlines The Great
Lafayette Festival, at the Festival
Theatre, to mark the centenary of the
magician's death. It's a fitting venue.
In 1911 the Festival Theatre was called
The Empire, the very stage on which
Lafayette was burned to death in a
tragic accident....
Publ.Date : 2011-05-05T13:40:30Z

City's magicians plan tribute for
veteran performer Paul Daniels -
Scotsman
PAUL Daniels is set to be honoured at
this year's Edinburgh International
Magic Festival. As organisers unveiled
the full programme for this year's event
it emerged that the veteran magician
would be heading to the Capital later
this year to pick up an as-yet-unknown
award. The award will be among the
highlights of a packed programme
featuring illusionists, mind readers and
conjurers from around the world.
Publ.Date : Sat, 07 May 2011 11:38:13
GMT+00:00

New UW graduate aims for career as
magician - Billings Gazette
Trapped and handcuffed in a box dangling
over the top of Hoover Dam, John
Rotellini has only a few seconds to act
before the explosives around him ignite,
sending him to certain doom. Suddenly,
Rotellini’s time runs out, and the box
explodes, plummeting in a fiery mass
hundreds of feet before disappearing
into the churning waters below. A crowd
of onlookers and millions of TV viewers
holds their breath...
Publ.Date : Sat, 07 May 2011 05:54:57
GMT+00:00

Magician Sam Pearce keeping busy with
charity performances
Kincardine native and magician Sam
Pearce will be headlining a major
fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis Canada at
the Kitchener Memorial Aduitorium
Complex in June. Pearce will be
performing two magic shows during the
entertainment fundraising gala on
Saturday, June 25 at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Publ.Date : Tue, 03 May 2011 19:49:21
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